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VOLUME XII.
ATLANTA, GA.. FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1913.
NO. 56.
A R E WORKING ID
All Interested in Tariff Down
ward Revision Work To
gether to Get Senate in Ac
cord With House on Measure
2,10 MUD BY 1
FLOOD WITHOUT SHELTER i
IT
IE"
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON. April 3.—The tariff
will be the subject of an important con
ference at the White House this evening
between President Wilson and Senators
Hoke Smith, Simmons, of North Caro
lina, and Stone, of Missouri, represent
ing the senate finance committee. The
conference was arranged this morning
by Simmons, who is chairman of the
finance committee.
As has been indicated in the dis
patches, the senate finance committee
has taken time by the forelock in the
matter of the tariff, and has joined with
President Wilson in an effort to har
monize the possible differences between
the senate and house concerning this
great question in which the entire coun
try is interested.
If the usual custom was followed the
senate would keep hands off the tariff
until the house passes the bill, or bills,
as the ease may be. But at this time
the desire for harmony and co-operation
is so great that precedents and customs
have been ignored and all hands are
striving for results.
Senator Smith is credited with hav
ing made the original move to bring the
two houses together. ' It was on his
motion that the -finance committee named
a delegation of its Democratic mem
bers to confer with Chairman Under
wood and other members of the ways
and means committee.
This conference was so thoroughly
satisfactory that it paved the way for
others that have- been held subsequent
ly, and resulted eventually in bringing
both committees closer to the president.
There is much excitement in Washing
ton over the probability of free raw
wool and free sugar. It is stated that
the president insisted on this program.
And the report is that the ways and
means committee will accept his propo
sition. The conference at the White
House this afternoon rs expected to con
sider this question.
FINAL MEETING.
The Democratic majority of the house
committee on ways and means reassem
bled today at what was expected to be
the final meeting before the tariff re
vision bdll is laid before the Democratic
caucus next Tuesday.
ith the points of difference be
tween President Wilson and the commit
tee settled by an agreement on free
raw wool, the interest shifted to a
large extent to ttys free -sugar and the
.details of tb*e "income tax plan.
Members of th^ coihrrrftte *#fere pre
pared to receive a final word from the
president regarding the tariff measure
and to devote most of today to con
sidering of the income tax.
There was a possibility of a change
of the provisional rate of 1 per cent on
amounts above the exempted $4,000 a
year, running up to 4 per cent on $100,-
000 or more a year.
In -connection with the framing of
the new permanent feature of the gov-
ernmetn revenue system, a consideration
of the question of flexibility of the
rales; as to meet emergenceis in gov
ernment needs has invoked an issue as
to the constitutionality of any provision
that would permit the president, by
proclamation, or otherwise, to change
any income tax rate.
The income tax plan will absorb much
of the administrative details of the
present corporation tax law, will be ad
ministered by the present, but enlarg
ed, internal revenue machinery of the
treasury department and will be based
on the incomes for a single year's oper
ations instead of an average of a num-.
her of years as had been suggested tD
the committee.
The cost of collection of the tax, it
is estimated, will not exceed 1 per ceht
of the aggregate revenue from that
source.
It j3 figured that probably at least
two-thirds of the income tax reve
nue can be collected under the prin
ciple of collection at the source. The
purpose of this method is to minimize
the inquisitorial features and lessen the
basis of individual complaint. This is
largely based on the workings of the
law in Great Britain, which, according
to information laid before the commit
tee. collected $200,000,000 from an in
come tax.
As to all incomes by which the tax
is so measured and paid, the individual
taxpayer would not be required to make
a personal return. The government, cor
porations, co-partnerships and persons
paying annual earnings to employes or
other persons in excess of the minimum
taxable income, now provisionally $4,000,
would deduct and withhold this tax an<l
turn it over to the government, a meth
od that would likewise apply to mort
gagers and lessees of real or personal
property.
The taxpayer, under the proposed sys
tem, would not in the bulk of cases
come in contact with a revenue offi
cial.
Inhabitants of Uniontown, Ky.,
Without Houses or Food,
Relief on Way
(By Associated Press.)
EVANSVILLE, April 3.—Extreme
conditions of suffering resulting from
the Ohio flood were reported today from
Uniontown, Ky., where the 1,400 inhab
itants of the town and 600 refugees
from the surrounding country districts
are huddled in the fair grounds on the
only dry spot in an area of ten miles
square.
The people are without food and have
no housing except the stalls of the fair
grounds. Ten thousand rations were
prepared and will be dispatched on the
steamer Lowry this afternoon and tents
sufficient to house the flood victims will
be sent at the same time.
Captain Naylor asked for aid from
Louisville and additional rations will
be dispatched from there by rail. The
river is rapidly creeping over the only
railroad connection into the city and
unless the Louisville supplies arrive
by tonight, the relief train will be cut
off from the town. The river at Union-
town is reported to be two feet over the
1884 stage.
Heavy rain this forenoon added to
discomforts of flood sufferers in
Evansville’s water-swept areas, but the
weather bureau said the rain was not
sufficient if it lasted all day and night
to make any change in the height of
the river.
The bureau observations at 7 o’clock
showed a stage of 47.8 feet plus. The
crest is expected here this forenoon.
Relief wors by the federal authorities
continues.
A tug boat well provisioned is in the
Wabash bottoms today to succor flood-
marooned farmers and will proceed on
to Shawneetown to help people there.
Breaks in Small Levees
Hold River Still at Cairo
(By Associated Press.)
CAIRO, Ill., April 3.—Although rain
and wind had been predicted for Cairo,
the sun rose clear and everything gave
promise that another fair, warm day
could be utilized In further preparing
against the possibility of a flood com
ing into the town.
There was little change in the gauge
today, the water standing about the
same as it did last midnight. The of
ficial reading was 64.5.
The reason given by the local fore
caster for this condition is the fact that
the small levees continue to give way
both on the Missouri and Kentucky
sides and it is believed here that a
great part of the country in these states
is being flooded.
Both soldiers And nava< reserves
held themselves in readiness for res
cue work.
- 4Teidsville Flood *Fcmdy- .
RElDSVILLE, Ga., April 3.—Col
lection was taken up at the^ Methodist
and Baptist Sunday schools* last Sun
day for the benefit of the flood dis
tricts in Indiana and Ohio, and about
$50 was realized out of both schools,
$25 each. Th e money was forwarded to
the proper authorities yesterday
WILSON READY TO NAME
E
So Declares L, M, Rhodes in
Address Before Meeting of
Georgia Union at Capital
President Confers With Rep
resentative Jones, of Insular
Affairs Committee
FRUIT IN BARTOW
MOT HURT BY COLD
CARTERSVILLE, Ga„ April 3.—The
Elberta 'fruit crop in this section is
not injured, and bids fair to be one
of the *best ever had here. The older |
trees only have a half crop, but the
younger trees are well loaded, and
orchard owners are spraying and put
ting $he» trees in the best of shape for
the crap.
Although behind with plowing, the
farmers of this section are in fair
shape, and are now in their crops with
a rush since the open weather, and
within twenty days everything will be
well along with a good average. Our
farmer's have planted considerable grain
and more corn than ever will be plant
ed this year, a consistent effort being
made to again reduce the cotton
acreage:
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, April 3.—President
Wilson is carefully considering the ap
pointment pc a governor general of the
Philippines. Today he talked with Rep
resentative Jones, of Virginia, chairman
of the insular affairs committee, who
announced he will reintroduce at the
coming session his bill providing for
Philippine independence.
Mr. Jones urged the selection of a
responsible and courageous man because
of the problems ahead. The president
said he had not yet fixed upon any
one.
He will confer with Secretary Garri
son and others interested in the Philip
pine problems before making the ap
pointment. The Philippine resident
commissioners, Quezon and Earnshaw,
have arranged to see the president to
morrow and will protest against free
sugar.
Representative Carter Glass, of Vir
ginia, ranking member of the house
committee on banking and currency,
saw the president today and arranged
for a conference next week. Mr. Glass
has been working on a currency bill
and expects to show the president the
progress of liis work.
MILITARY HONORS WILL
BE PAID LATE MORGAN
PORTUGAL BEAUTY IS
FREED OF CONSPIRACY
LISBON, Portugal, April 3.—Senora
Constanca Tellos da Gama, a descend-
ent of Vasco da Gama, the Portuguese
explorer, today was acquitted by a
cuort martial of alleged conspiracy
against the Portguese republic.
The case excited intense interest
throughout Portugal on account of the
standing, wealth and youth of the ac
cused and on account of her devotion
ir. relieving sufferings of royalist pris
oners incarcerated since the revolution.
A priest and another woman who
were tried at the same time as fellow-
AAnaoira.torA war* convicted.
Havre, France, Will Honor
Memory of Financier When
Body Arrives
(By Associated Press.)
PARIS, April 3.—Military honors are
to be tendered to the memory of the
late J. Pierpont Morgan when his body
arrives at Havre tomorrow. By order of
the French government troops will be
drawn up during the transfer of the
coffin from the train to the steamer and
will lender the salute accorded to mem
bers of the legion of honor, of which
Mr. Morgan was a commander.
The funeral party is due to arrive at
Paris at 11 o’clock tonight and will leave
for Havre at midnight. Myron T. Her
rick, United States ambassador to
France, and Mrs. Herrick will accom
pany Mrs. John H. Harjes. the wife of
the late banker’s partner, to the train.
Train Bearing Body Has
Crossed Swiss-ltalian Line
(By Asscciated Pres6.)
BRIG, Switzerland, April 3.—The fu- j
neral train conveying the body of the
late J. Pierpont Morgan from Rome to;
Havre on its way to American, crossed;
-3 Italian-Swiss frontier this morning
end proceeded direct through the Sim
plon tunnel Ion the way to Dijon,
France.
In an address delivered before the an
nual convention of the Georgia division
cf the Natiorial Farmers’ union, which
convened in the seate chamber of the
state capitol Thursday moring for a
t*".*o days’ session, L. M. Rhodes, presi
dent o fthe Tennessee division and chair
man of the national board of directors,
pleaded for more unity and urged the
farmers of this state to organize and
assert their influence in politics, non
partisan, however, in order to secure
recognition and legislation of benefit to
-heir interests.
Charles S. Barrett, of - Union City,
president of the National union, pre
sided at the opening session and intro
duced Mr. Rhodes. In his introductory
remarks, the chairman called attention
t3 the growth of the organization, not
only in numbers but in influence ,and
gave interesting statistics to bear out
the authenticity of his statements. He
declared that the union was making
grea strides all oevr the United States
and that its presence was beginning to
be felt. It was only a matter of time,
he said, before the organization would
b e as formidable as business and com
mercial bodies banded together for their
own welfare.
In prefacing his remarks, Mr.. Rhodes
declared the farmers were a failur e in
a business and urged the[n to pay more
attention to that end of their life’s
work. “In this country,” said the
speaker, “ti.er e are trade organizations
whos> successes point out only too
plainly reasons why the farmer should
awake to the realization that he is enti
tled to the same recognition. This is
th e prime object of the farmers’ union
and we must band together as these
other bodies have done. It is the only
means by which we will ever amount to
anything. There is no reason in the
world why th e planter should not con
trol the product as well as raise it. The
time has come for us to be the mas
ter insteau of the slave.
“The farmer has helped to fight the
country’s battles, h© is the cornerstone
of our wealth, the mainspring of our
progress, the bulwark of our defense
and the future greatness of the coun
try rests on his shoulders. He pro
duces the prime necessities of life. Stop
plow, eliminate the crop, and there
would be no ‘tallest buildings,’ ‘queen
cities’ or ‘fastest trains in the world.’
In the last quarter of a century the
farmer has produced, enough wealth to
buy all the property in the United
States. Yet they are not holding their
own. Twelve years ago they owned
one-fourth of the wealth in the country,
nd now it has dwindled to one-fifth.
“In the struggle for! the comforts,
conveniences and luxuries of ljfe, if
the American farmer has fallen behind,
has -nof- kept' with- other voca
tions, he has no one to blame but him
self. Nature put into his hands the
commodities that sucor the. world. The
only reason that he is not king of cre
ation is because he has been outgen
eraled in the battle of wits. *
‘‘Farmers of America, should we go
on without a protest while trusts and
corporations are constantly knocking at
the door of congress asking for special
privileges to rob and oppress. us, and
men are making more net gains specu
lating and gambling in our products
than we are making producing them?
Can we stand idly by without a pro
test while our children are ground into
dividends and our wives working as
field hands? Being a patriot to the
manner born, looking back over the rec
ords of the past, taking/a historic view
of the graves of dead nations that have
wobbled out of the orb of righteous
ness and died with an overdose of graft*
and concentration of wealth, and know
ing that the United States is loitering
in the primrose path of dalliance, so to
speak, and knowing that the prosperity
that comes by accumulation instead of
production, the prosperity of graft, the
prosperity of injustice, the prosperity of
extortion, the prosperity of tribute, the
prosperity that thrives by oppression,
the prosperity that depends on mas
tery and servitude, cannot maintain a
reublic or foster our liberties (Egypt,
Rome, Assyria, Greece, all tried this
gilded pathway, and they perished),
will the American farmer willingly see
himself chained to the rock while the
vultures of despotism prey upon his
vitals?
“Knowing that a republic once fallen
has never risen, that the ruins of free
dom have never regained their youth,
will me not change our course? Are
we willing to continue to be nailed by
the nail trust, doped by the drug trust,
skinned by the doctor trust, plugged
by the dentist trust, sacked by the
flour trust, salted by the salt trust,
sweetened by the sugar trust, sttitched
by the machine trust, roasted by the
coal trust, scratched by the match
trust, chilled by the ice trust, lathered
by the soap trust, canned by the tin
trust, and skipped by no trust all be
cause we have no farmers’ trust?
“Surely, if the farmers of the Uni
ted States could understand, could
fully realize, keenly and quickly, the
perils to country life that lietli in the
rapidly increasing rates in tenantry;
the rapidly rising value of farm lands;
the feverish anxiety of capital to buy
farm land in large tracts; the rapidity
with which large holders are monopo
lizing the land areas of America, the
appalling increase of a homeless, house
less class in this country; the lure of
the city and the deadly threat of illit
eracy, ignorance and servitude, they
would all come together and make the
greatest effort known to history to
check the cause and find a cure for
the ills that are so deadly in their
menace to American farm life.
Dr. A. M. Soule, president of the
Georgia State College of Agriculture,
delivered a short address in which he
declared that the agricultural college
owed a great part of its success to the
support of th e Farmers’ union. He
spoke of the strides made by the Boys’
Corn club and gave interesting figures
showing the increase in yield since the
clubs were organized. He urged .. fur- ;
tuer appropriation from the legislature 1
by which to carry on the work and j
voiced his favor of meeting the govern- j
ment half way by appropriating $20,000 ■
for the woVk in order to receive a like ;
amount from federal authorities. Ala
bama had taken advantage of it, he
said, and through this help had managed |
to large extent to check the ravages j
of the boll weevil.
At noon the meeting djourned for din- j
ner. The standing committees went in- j
to executive session at 2 o’clock and j
wil lreport to the convention Friday I
morning when the delegates reconvene j
for the last day’s session. The com
mittees, it is understood, will discuss
the matter of marketing the product and
other Important matters in which the
union is interested.
HERE’S A REAL “OLD ORIGINAL”
SENT TO JAIL FOR
mm TERM
English Suffragette Leader Is
Found Guilty on Thursday
Morning at the Old Bailey
Sessions, London
“FID DI.ER BOB” YOUNG, OF WALTON CO UNTY.
0. S. URGES ILL NATIONS
TO RECOGNIZE CHINESE
Secretary of State Bryan No
tifies All Diplomatic Rep
resentatives of Move
(By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON. April 3.—Secretary
Bryan has formally notified all diplo
matic representatives here of the inten
tion of the United States to recognize
the new Chinese republic on April 8, the
meeting day of the assembly, and has
formally proposed that all other, gov
ernments recognize the new republic in
concert on that day.
Secretary Bryan’s note was delivered
to some of the foreign diplomats yester
day and the remainder of the corps to
day. Each was enjoined to secrecy that
a formal announcement might be made
from the Whtie House first. President
Wilson’s statement is expected at any
time. *
Seretary Bryan’s note was brief and
in substance like this:
“The president requests me to notify
you and your government, through you,
of the intention of the Untied States to
recognize the new republic of China on
April 8.”
The remainder of the not© is a brief
suggestion that all other nations do
likewise on that day.
Diploclatists here regard the pro
posal for a concerted recognition as an
action that will olear away any soreness
that may have been created by what
was called a breach of diplomacy re
cently when the White House announce
ment regarding the six-power loan was
published here before the foreign gov
ernments itnerested had been notified.
LIVE FRENCH OFFICERS
ARE DROWNED AT SEA
Men Swept From Deck of
Submarine in Mediter
ranean Sea
(By Associated Press.)
TOULON, France, April 3.—Five
French naval officers, Lieutenant'Achilla
Lavabre and Ensign Louis Adam, and
three petty officers were swept from
the deck of the submarine Turquoise
and drowned while engaged in maneuv
ers in the Mediterranean early today.
The bodies were recovered and brought
to port.
FARM PRODUCTS NOT
EXEMPT FROM TAXES!
Letters of Instruction Mailed
Thursday From Comptroll
er's
Office
Letters of instruction which are being I
mailed out to the tax receivers in the I
various Georgia counties Thursday by j
Captain W. H. Harrison, of the comp- J
troller general's office, lay particular
stress upon t*wo subjects of general in
terest:
First. That all dogs must be returned
for taxation at their fair market value.
Second. That farm products arc not
exempt from taxation, but must be re
turned along with all other property.
An impression prevails throughout
the state that the last legislature took
the tax off dogs and that a constitutional
amendment adopted in the elections last
fall exempts farm products.
As a matter of fact the law passed
by the legislature amends the tax act
by making dogs ad valorem property, j
Heretofore, a unifor in tax of $1 has been
assessed on each dog.
. And the constitutional amendment !
adopted last year simply empowers the j
legislature, if it deems wise, to exempt !
farm products from taxation. Before
farm products can escape the legislature
must enact a law specifically exempting
them.
BARTOW COUNTY WILL
HOLD MAMMOTH FAIR
Thirty-Five Acres of Land
Have Been Secured for
Big Show
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CARTERSVILLE, Ga., April 3.-Bar-
tow county plans to hold the biggest
county fair this fall ever before at
tempted in the state. The Bartow Coun
ty Fair association has been organized
and thirty-five acres of land purchased
inside the city limits of this city. The
fair grounds are now being fenced, and
one of the best race tracks in the
state Is being built. It will be a full
half mile track, and is going to be one
of the best in the state when completed.
Buildings will at once be erected, and
all improvements will be rushed to com
pletion.
A long list of prizes has been offer
ed. and it is planned to have the most
extensive agricultural exhibit ever un
dertaken by a county fair. This and the
Bartow County School fair have been
merged.
Mr. H. E. F. Jones, one of the most
experienced and prominent horsemen in
the south, has been elected president
of the association, and with the aid of
Mr. Geore Stiles, an old Bartow county
citizen and himself one of the fore
most race horse owners and promoters
in the country, It. is planned to make
the races the leading feature of the
fair.
The stock of the association has al
ready been subscribed and the money
paid in, and in October for four days
there will be attemtped one of the most
magnificent and extensive county fairs j
ever held in the south. Some of the
leading citizens of the county are be
hind the movement, and with ample
money at hand, with progressive and ex
perienced men as directors, it will be I
made an event statewide in interest and j
influence.
TO MEET IN ATLANTA
Federal Commissioner Will
Extend Invitation to Inter
national Cotton Congress
Hon. Harvie Jordan, presidential ap
pointee on the federal commission
which goes to Europe April 26 to Inves
tigate rural credits, farm marketing so
cieties, etc., abroad, will deliver an ad
dress before th e International Cotton
Congres sof Spinners at The Hague,
Holland, June 10, on “Better Baling of
American Cotton.”
It Is believed that the European spin
ners and manufacturers of American
cotton would now favorably consider an
Invitation to visit the south again and
attend on International Cotton congress
between growers and spinners, such as
was held here at the state capitol In
October, 1907.
Mr. Jordan will carry with him an
official invitation from Governor Brown,
of Georgia, and from President Wil-
mer Moore, of the Atlanta chamber of
commerce, as well as a general invita
tion from the cotton growers and manu
facturers of the south.
In the special efforts now being made
to promote and establish co-operative
marketing societies .and in reforming
the present methods of baling and hand
ling the American cotton crop, it is
thought that the time is now rip Q a^id
the occasion most favorable for a gen
eral conference between the' growers
and consumers of the south’s chief sta
ple crop.
This convention will probably be held
in Atlanta during the coming fall or
winter, and will bring together a very
large attendance of cotto growers from
eevry sectio nof the cotton belt and cot
ton spiners from all parts of the world.
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 3.—Mrs. Emmeline
Pankhurst, the leader of the militant
suffragettes, was today found guilty and
sentenced to three years' penal servi
tude at the Old Bailey sessions, on the
charge of inciting persons to commit
damage.
The trial required two days.
The Jury added to Its verdict of
guilty a strong recommendation for
mercy, and when the Judge pronounced
the heavy sentence of three years, the
crowd of women in the court room rose
In angry protect.
CHEERED BY CROWD.
As Mrs. Pankhurst stood up In the
prisoners enclosure, her sympathizers
chered wildly, and then filed out of
court, singing: "March On! March On,”
to the tune of the “Marseillaise."
Mrs. Pankhurst's closing address to
the Jury lasted fifty minutes. She In
formed the court that she did not wish
to call any witnesses. In her address
She frequently wandered so far from
the matter before the court that the
Judge censured her.
Mrs. Pankhurst denied any malicious
incitement. “Neither I nor the other
militant suffragettes are wicked or ma
licious,” she said.
“Women are not tried by their peers
and these trials are an example of
what women are suffering In order to
obtain their rights. Personally, I have
had to surrender a large part of my
income in order to be free to partici
pate In the suffrage movement." ✓ .
CRITICISES LAWS.
Speaking with muaj( feeling, Mrst
Pankhurst fiercely criticised man-made
laws, and said that the divorce law
alone was sufficient to Justify a rev
olution by the women.
In impassioned tones, she declared..
“Whatever may lje my sentence, I will
not submit. From the very moment i
leave the court I will refuse to eat. I
will come out of prison dead or alive
at the earliest possible moment.”
Justice Luseh, in summing up, told
the Jury that Mrs. Pankhurst's
speeches were an admission that she
had incited to tho perpetration of ille
gal acts.
Mrs. Pankhurst almost broke down
when the Jury pronounced Its verdict.
Leaning over the fraont of the prison
ers' enclosure, she said:
“If It Is Impossible to find a dif
ferent verdict, want to say to ypu
and to the Jury that It is your duty
as private citizens to do what you can
to put an end to this state of affairs.”
' HINTS AT SUICIDE.
She thei^ repeated her determination
to end her sentence as soon as possi
ble, saying:
"I don’t want to commit suicide. Life
Is very dear to ail of us. But I want
to see the women of this country en
franchised. I want to live until that
has been done. I will take the des
perate remedy other women have tak- (,
en and I will keep It up as long as
I have an ounce of strength.
"I deliberately broke the law, not
hysterically and not emotionally, but
for a set and serious purpose. hon
estly believe this is the only way.
“This movement will go on whether
I live or die. These women will go on
until women have obtained the common
rights of citizenship throughout tho
civilized world.”
Justice Lush said:
“I must pass a severe sentence on
you. If you wojild only realize the
wrong you are doing and use your In
fluence in the right diretclon, wquid
be the first to use my best endeavors
to secure a remittance of your sen
tence, I cannot and will not regard
your crime as trivial. It Is a most
serious one.”
MRS. HOKE SMITH ILL
BUT BETTER THURSDAY
HON. R. P. SIBLEY
DIES AT R0CKMART
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
ROCIvMART. Gpi.. April 3,—Hon. R.
P. Sibley, agree! sixty-four, died of pa
ralysis at 5 o’clock Thursday morning*.
He is survived by his wife, three sons
and one daug*hter.
UPTON’S CHALENGE
IS UNCONDITIONAL
English Yachtsman Is Anxious
for Boat Race for Amer
ica’s Cup
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 3.—Sir Thomas Lip-
ton, undaunted by the refusal of the
New York Yacht club to acecpt the
conditions he proposed in his recent
challenge for the America's cup, has
decided, according* to the Evening News,
to issue an unconditional challenge.
Sir Thomas Lipton gave the following
statement to the Associated Press to
day :
“Ever since the New York Yacht club
rejected the terms proposed in my re
cent challenge, I have been considering
the sending of an unconditional chal
lenge for a series of races. 1 was Just
about to* take up the, details with the
Royal Ulster Yacht club when I heard
of the dath of J. Pierpont Morgan and
suspended the matter, but I will resume
its consideration In a fe wdays.”
She Has Rallied From Severe
Illness of Tuesday
Night i . *’
BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, April 3.—Mrs. Hoke
Smith’s condition is much improved to
day and the attending physicians enter
tain strong hopes for her recovery. Mrs.
Smith suffered a collapse Tuesday night
fallowing an attack of indigestion, and
for a time it was feared that she would
not survive.
She had been in bad health most of
the winter and was improving slowly
from an attack of grip when the col
lapse came.
Senator Smith remained at home yes
terday with his wife, but her condition
was so much improved today that he
came to the capitol.
LATE SIR JAMES COATS
LEFT $8,869,350.00
LONDON, April 3.—The exchequer is
$1,337,000 richer through the receipt
yesterday of that amount in duty on
the estate of the late Sir James Coats,
who died on January 20 and who was
for many years the manager for a large
thread firm’s American business.
His estate was probated at $8,869,350.
Notice to Sheriffs, Marshals,
Police, Etc.
Look out for Chas.
Gfardner, last heard
from in South Carolina,
and C. W. McAiley, in
Florida. These two men
are claiming to be my
agents, soliciting sub
scriptions for The Semi-
Weekly Journal. Wire
R. R. Bradley,
Care Atlanta Journal,
Atlanta, Ga.